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Find the most recent country news and articles from the Eurydice network. You can search information by year and category. 

Find the most recent country news and articles from the Eurydice network. You can search information by year and category. 

Focus on: Do we need music education in schools?

05 April 2018

"Without music, life would be a mistake" ― Friedrich Nietzsche

Amid disagreement as to the credibility of the Mozart effect, does the widespread belief

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Malta: Restructuring of the Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology

19 March 2018

As from October 2015, the Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology (MCAST), the main provider of post-secondary VET courses in Malta, has been reorganised

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Belgium (French Community) - Status report on the Pact for Excellence in Education or Teaching Excellence Pact

19 March 2018

The French Community adopted its Declaration on Community Policy (DPC) 2014-2019 in July 2014 in which several priorities are presented, including the adoption of a

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Sweden: National Qualifications Framework introduced

19 March 2018

Sweden introduced a National Qualifications Framework (Sveriges referensram för kvalifikationer, SeQF) on 1 October 2015, in accordance with the European Parliament recommendation on a European

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Germany: Literacy Decade proclaimed

19 March 2018

The Federal and Länder governments want to significantly improve literacy skills amongst adults in Germany over the next ten years. To this end, the former

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Denmark: New reform of vocational education and training programmes

19 March 2018

A reform of vocational education and training programmes came into force in Denmark on 1 August 2015. It aims at ensuring high quality vocational education

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The Netherlands: The Netherlands - Greater scope for specialist secondary school teachers to teach in primary education

19 March 2018

This means that talented children will be introduced at a younger age to subjects like physics, and that pupils will be better prepared for the

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Lithuania: An experimental “class voucher” methodology aimed at solving education funding problems will be tested

19 March 2018

The financing principle “the money follows the pupil” or better known as the “pupil voucher” implemented in Lithuania has been criticised for a number of

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Greece:New law applying to wages of public primary and secondary education teachers

19 March 2018

A new law (4354/2015) on 'Management of non-performing loans, wage settlements and other urgent regulatory provisions concerning the agreement of budgetary objectives and structural reforms'

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Focus on: Is money the solution to widening participation in higher education

19 March 2018

'Culture and education … are hugely important in the affirmation of differences between groups …and in the reproduction of those differences' – Pierre Bourdieu

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